I can’t say swimming in the River Walk sounds like my idea of the perfect downtown outing, but it’s certainly been hot enough in San Antonio to joke about it before.<\/p>\n
However, the intrusive thought of many San\u00a0Antonians (OK, maybe just me) has\u00a0actually happened, with a TikTok posted on November 15<\/a> showing a woman submerged\u00a0waist-deep in the strikingly green water as she searched for her lost phone. Captured from a river barge, the video posted by @doskogirl was viewed more than 1 million times and prompted thousands of icked-out comments.<\/p>\n “I live in San Antonio, I hope she saw a doctor afterwards,” one commenter wrote. Another said, “My skin started crawling watching this.”<\/p>\n Some might say the color of the water speaks for itself. But in case nobody told you, swimming, bathing, wading – really any type of contact with the water – is prohibited at the San Antonio River by force of a misdemeanor and $500 fine, according to a city ordinance<\/a>. It’s dangerous for a few reasons: one, because the levels of\u00a0E. Coli in the river<\/a> are several times higher than what’s considered safe, and because certain parts of the river are deep and deadly<\/a> enough to sweep people away, while others are shallow enough to make a fall extremely painful. Take it from Jackass’ Steve-O.<\/a><\/p>\n Safety and city codes aside, several\u00a0commenters were wondering if all that searching was worth it.\u00a0According to @doskogirl in a comment under the video, despite having her phone called in an attempt to see it better, it never turned up. One commenter said, “There’s [nothing] on your phone that’s this important.”<\/p>\n “I would rather be phoneless than even breathe next to the SATX River walk,” another person\u00a0wrote. “That is absolutely disgusting.”<\/p>\n This article originally published at ‘Disgusting’: Woman’s recent dip in San Antonio River has locals’ skin crawling<\/a>.<\/p>\n